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Their design strengths derive from their overall continuity , the shape of their units
, and the use of color . Terra cotta uses color as punctuation , to form edges or to
cap a wall or a section of a wall . Tile relies on patterning , on geometric more ...
Their design strengths derive from their overall continuity , the shape of their units
, and the use of color . Terra cotta uses color as punctuation , to form edges or to
cap a wall or a section of a wall . Tile relies on patterning , on geometric more ...
Page 115
Highly decorated buildings may integrate the porch elements into an overall
scheme . Piers and posts mark edges of buildings , and as edges their profiles
are taken into account . Rails or balustrades of any kind function as walls , as
elements ...
Highly decorated buildings may integrate the porch elements into an overall
scheme . Piers and posts mark edges of buildings , and as edges their profiles
are taken into account . Rails or balustrades of any kind function as walls , as
elements ...
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The overall shape and plan were closely related to the generic cottage . There is
historical continuity in the use of a square plan and the cubical shape , but the
real essence of this colonial revival lay in the application of colonial motifs to the
...
The overall shape and plan were closely related to the generic cottage . There is
historical continuity in the use of a square plan and the cubical shape , but the
real essence of this colonial revival lay in the application of colonial motifs to the
...
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| Title | American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated Glossary |
| Authors | Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0442230672, 9780442230678 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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